Colin Mckellar: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 236 of 236 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 29/02/2020 Thornham Harbour 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 15/05/2020 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 29/02/2020 Thornham Harbour 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 08/02/2020 Rutland Water 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 21/03/2020 Rspb Nagshead 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 28/05/2020 Tringford 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 29/10/2020 Longham lakes 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 24/10/2020 Stocker park 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 15/02/2020 Priory country park 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 14/06/2020 New forest 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 08/02/2020 Rutland Water 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 22/02/2020 Titchwell 33 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 34 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 14/07/2020 Peak District 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 12/02/2020 Whitwell 36 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus ********** ********** 37 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 38 Quail Coturnix coturnix 31/05/2020 Luton 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 40 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 30/05/2020 Berkshire 41 Swift Apus apus 02/05/2020 Tring 42 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 15/05/2020 Otmoor 43 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 44 Stock Dove Columba oenas 45 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 46 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur Valentines Park 47 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 26/01/2020 Tyttenhanger 48 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 08/02/2020 Rutland Water 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 50 Coot Fulica atra 51 Crane Grus grus 22/02/2020 Wicken Fen 52 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 53 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 08/02/2020 Rutland Water 54 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 55 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 08/02/2020 Rutland Water 56 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 08/02/2020 Rutland Water 57 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 11/07/2020 Salisbury plain 58 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 08/02/2020 Rutland Water 59 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 28/06/2020 Dungeness 60 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 29/02/2020 Titchwell 61 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 29/02/2020 Titchwell 62 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 29/02/2020 Thornham Harbour 63 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 29/02/2020 Burnham Overy Staithe 64 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 01/05/2020 Grovesbury 65 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 66 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 16/08/2020 Great Yarmouth 67 Curlew Numenius arquata 08/02/2020 Rutland Water 68 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica ********** ********** 69 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 29/02/2020 Burnham Overy Staithe 70 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 22/02/2020 Wiken Fen 71 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 30/05/2020 Berkshire 72 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 73 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 27/10/2020 Chilcombe 74 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 24/05/2020 Wilstone 75 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 01/05/2020 Grovesbury 76 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 15/02/2020 Lemsford springs 77 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 09/08/2020 Grovesbury 78 Redshank Tringa totanus 08/02/2020 Rutland Water 79 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Tyttenhanger 80 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 01/05/2020 Tring 81 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 29/02/2020 Hunstanton 82 Knot Calidris canutus 22/02/2020 Titchwell 83 Ruff Calidris pugnax 29/02/2020 Burnham Overy Staithe 84 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 06/09/2020 Oare Marshes 85 Sanderling Calidris alba 22/02/2020 Titchwell 86 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/03/2020 Sheringham 87 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 01/03/2020 Sheringham 88 Little Stint Calidris minuta 06/09/2020 Oare Marshes 89 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 24/05/2020 Northwick warth 90 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 10/07/2020 Ferrybridge 91 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 28/06/2020 Dungeness 92 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 15/05/2020 Wilstone 93 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/05/2020 Grovesbury 94 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 14/06/2020 New forest 95 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 22/03/2020 Hillfield Park Reservoir 96 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 29/02/2020 Hunstanton 97 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 30/08/2020 Shellness 98 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 05/06/2020 Ore marshes 99 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 100 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 21/03/2020 Cheddar resevoir 101 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 09/02/2020 Creekmouth 102 Common Gull Larus canus 103 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 104 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 105 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 09/02/2020 Creekmouth 106 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 107 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 108 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 30/08/2020 Shellness 109 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 30/08/2020 Shellness 110 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 30/08/2020 Shellness 111 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 17/08/2020 Caister on sea 112 Razorbill Alca torda 10/07/2020 Portland 113 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 01/03/2020 Sheringham 114 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 29/02/2020 Titchwell 115 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 116 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 21/03/2020 Barrow tanks 117 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 24/05/2020 118 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 29/02/2020 Titchwell 119 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 09/07/2020 Portland 120 Gannet Morus bassanus 01/03/2020 Sheringham 121 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 122 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 09/07/2020 Portland 123 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 17/10/2020 College lake 124 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 29/02/2020 Burnham Overy Staithe 125 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 126 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 127 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 25/07/2020 Grovesbury 128 Great White Egret Ardea alba 129 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 130 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 10/10/2020 Pitworth 131 Osprey Pandion haliaetus Osprey lake 132 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 02/08/2020 Welbeck Raptor watchpoint 133 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 22/02/2020 Ouze washes 134 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 135 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 136 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 22/02/2020 Wiken Fen 137 Red Kite Milvus milvus 138 Buzzard Buteo buteo 139 Barn Owl Tyto alba 22/02/2020 Wicken Fen 140 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 15/07/2020 Peak District 141 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 12/02/2020 Whitwell 142 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/03/2020 Lymford arbatoreum 143 Hoopoe Upupa epops 13/11/2020 Northhill 144 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 145 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 05/09/2020 London 146 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor ********** ********** 147 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 148 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 149 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 150 Merlin Falco columbarius 14/07/2020 Peak District 151 Hobby Falco subbuteo 15/05/2020 Otmoor 152 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 21/03/2020 Forest of Dean 153 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 25/01/2020 Tyttenhanger 154 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 155 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 16/08/2020 Southwold 156 Jay Garrulus glandarius 08/02/2020 Rutland Water 157 Magpie Pica pica 158 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 159 Rook Corvus frugilegus 160 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 161 Raven Corvus corax 15/03/2020 Leighton buzzard road 162 Coal Tit Periparus ater 163 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/03/2020 Cockley Cley 164 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 21/03/2020 Forest of Dean 165 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 166 Great Tit Parus major 167 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 22/03/2020 Ham wall 168 Woodlark Lullula arborea 01/03/2020 Cockley 169 Skylark Alauda arvensis 170 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 19/09/2020 Surrey 171 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 15/03/2020 Wilstone 172 Swallow Hirundo rustica 173 House Martin Delichon urbicum 21/03/2020 Greylake rspb 174 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Creekmouth 175 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 176 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 16/08/2020 Norfolk 177 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 03/05/2020 Pistone 178 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 09/02/2020 Creekmouth 179 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 16/05/2020 Ponders end lake 180 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 01/05/2020 Grovesbury 181 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 02/05/2020 Tring 182 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 06/06/2020 Ware 183 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 22/03/2020 Ham wall 184 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 03/05/2020 Steps 185 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 15/05/2020 Otmoor 186 Whitethroat Curruca communis 01/05/2020 Grovesbury 187 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 16/08/2020 Minsmere 188 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 14/06/2020 New forest 189 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 08/02/2020 Rutland Water 190 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 191 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/03/2020 Lymford arbatoreum 192 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 08/02/2020 Rutland Water 193 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 26/10/2020 Porpotland 194 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 195 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 196 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 197 Redwing Turdus iliacus 198 Blackbird Turdus merula 199 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 200 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 201 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 05/06/2020 Kent 202 Robin Erithacus rubecula 203 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 30/05/2020 Berkshire 204 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 15/07/2020 Peak District 205 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 28/06/2020 Dungeness 206 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 14/06/2020 New forest 207 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 11/07/2020 Salisbury plain 208 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 23/10/2020 Holkham NNR 209 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 08/02/2020 Rutland Water 210 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 15/03/2020 Pistone 211 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 14/03/2020 Hugh Wycombe 212 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 08/02/2020 Rutland Water 213 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 214 Dunnock Prunella modularis 215 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 01/05/2020 Grovesbury 216 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 09/02/2020 Creekmouth 217 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 218 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 219 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 30/05/2020 Berkshire 220 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 29/02/2020 Titchwell 221 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 29/02/2020 Titchwell 222 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 223 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 01/03/2020 Lymford arbatoreum 224 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 225 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula ********** ********** 226 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 227 Twite Linaria flavirostris 29/02/2020 Thornham Harbour 228 Linnet Linaria cannabina 08/02/2020 Stanford Reservoir 229 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/03/2020 Lymford arbatoreum 230 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 15/07/2020 Peak District 231 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 232 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/03/2020 Lymford arbatoreum 233 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 29/02/2020 Holkham NNR 234 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 25/03/2020 Waterend 235 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 29/02/2020 Sedgeford 236 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus